Retail

Retail is the process of selling consumer goods or services to customers through multiple channels of distribution to earn a profit. Retailers satisfy demand identified through a supply chain.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Agentic Payments Are About to Break the Meaning of an Authorized Transaction
Agentic Payments Are About to Break the Meaning of an Authorized Transaction
October 16, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Watch more: Before AI Moves Money, It Must Earn Authority Agentic commerce has a payments problem hiding in plain sight. The financial system does not...

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Google Launches Intelligent Shopping Cart for Search and Gemini App
Google Launches Intelligent Shopping Cart for Search and Gemini App
October 15, 2026  |  eCommerce

Google began rolling out its Universal Cart in the United States Thursday (Oct. 15), making it available in Google Search and in the Gemini app,...

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Amazon and Walmart Are Turning Retail Efficiency Into Someone Else’s Expense
Amazon and Walmart Are Turning Retail Efficiency Into Someone Else’s Expense
October 15, 2026  |  Retail

Retail’s next great efficiency breakthrough may come with an invoice addressed to someone else. As Walmart pushes robotics deeper into its distribution network, and Amazon brings...

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Online Retail Spending Gains as Consumers Navigate Higher Prices
Online Retail Spending Gains as Consumers Navigate Higher Prices
October 15, 2026  |  eCommerce

Online retail kept taking consumer dollars in September, extending an annual growth rate that outpaced overall retail even as inflation reduced the purchasing power behind...

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Kohl’s Takes Its AI Gift Finder Into the Holiday Quarter
Kohl’s Takes Its AI Gift Finder Into the Holiday Quarter
October 14, 2026  |  News

Gift shoppers usually know who they are buying for and what they can spend. What they do not know is which product to pick. Kohl’s...

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61 Million Shoppers Now Start Their Search With AI Assistance
61 Million Shoppers Now Start Their Search With AI Assistance
October 13, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

New research shows that consumers are rapidly adopting artificial intelligence (AI) tools to conduct their product research. An October PYMNTS Intelligence report titled “From Prompt...

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AI Robots Are Ready for Whatever Shoppers Send Back
AI Robots Are Ready for Whatever Shoppers Send Back
October 13, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Every returned item has to be picked up, identified and sorted before it can be sold again, and that work has long resisted automation. “If...

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Domino’s Uses Personalization to Fix Slumping Sales Growth
Domino’s Uses Personalization to Fix Slumping Sales Growth
October 13, 2026  |  Retail

Domino’s is meeting a customer need for more personalized product options as it works to boost same-store sales growth, the company’s new CEO, Joe Jordan,...

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Cyber Risks Turn Physical When Hackers Control the Retail Thermostat
Cyber Risks Turn Physical When Hackers Control the Retail Thermostat
October 13, 2026  |  Cybersecurity

An unidentified hacking group, or several of them, wrought havoc across hundreds of European supermarkets this week. The root cause of the fiasco wasn’t stolen...

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